How to deal with burns in children

Burns are very common in life, and burns are also graded in severity. Generally, minor burns do not require special medications. However, children's skin is often tender. If a child's skin is burned, there will be very obvious symptoms. When a child is burned, targeted graded treatment is also required. So how should children be treated when they are burned?

1. First degree burns

If a first-degree burn occurs and the skin becomes flushed and painful, it can be treated at home. After the injury, rinse with cold boiled water or soak in tap water or apply wet gauze to relieve the pain. But be careful to avoid breaking the skin to avoid infection.

2. Second degree burns

Second-degree burns damage the dermis and will cause blisters about 30 minutes after the burn. At this time, you can apply a cold towel first, but remember not to apply ointment, soy sauce, etc., as this will easily contaminate the wound. Because the second-degree burn wound has high sterility requirements, even if you go to the hospital, you must first clean the wound. In short, except for first-degree burns which can be treated at home, burns above second degree should be sent to the hospital for treatment. During emergency treatment, keep the wound clean. Do not apply ointments or cover the wound with unclean cloth to avoid secondary infection.

3. Rinse with cold water

After a burn or scald, blisters will appear immediately and there will be obvious pain. If the burn is shallow, you can immediately rinse the wound with cold water for half an hour to an hour. When it doesn't hurt much, slowly take off your clothes, cover the wound with a clean cloth, bandage it, and then go to the hospital.

4. Treatment of burns

If the burns are on the face, head and neck, perineum, etc., due to the special location, complications may occur even if the injured area is not large. At this time, in addition to emergency treatment with cold water, to prevent shock, the patient can be given some light salt water to replenish blood volume and reduce the degree of shock. However, do not drink a large amount of boiled water in a short period of time to avoid complications such as cerebral edema and pulmonary edema.

5. Note

Do not break blisters on your skin. If conditions permit, you can pierce a small hole in the blister with a sterilized needle and slowly drain the water from the blister, while keeping the skin intact. Do not apply soy sauce, vinegar, alkali, toothpaste or gentian violet to the injured area. This will not only fail to alleviate the injury, but will continue to irritate the wound, deepen the injury, increase the chance of infection, and make it difficult for the doctor to diagnose and treat you in the hospital. Washing off these substances will increase the pain of the injured person.